GOP Lawmakers Threaten Spending Bills Over Biden Vaccine Rules

A group of congressional Republicans is threatening to block a stop-gap government funding bill unless it blocks OSHA’s and other agencies’ COVID-19 vaccine policies, potentially undermining a newly announced bipartisan spending agreement and all but guaranteeing another clash on the subject at the next deadline. Even after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced a Dec. 2 agreement to fund the government through mid-February, several conservative Republicans have maintained their threat to oppose any...